Engine-starter.



-P. A ROGERS. ENGINE STARTER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 8, 1908.

Patented Mar. '2, 1909.

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P. A'. ROGERS.

ENGINE STARTER.

APPLIOATION rum) JULY e, 1908.

.. Patented Mar. 2; 1909.

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ENGINE STARTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1908.

914,308; Patented M21122, 1909.

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.Fred fl. fiayars of, the ratchet sleeve 1-, which-.rnaytbe-iofanysuitable length,- there: are; arrangedbearing.- collars 4. which are alsokeyed 1 to the shaft 2 as shown at. 5 These hearing collars arerah;

their inner peripheral; edges as shown at 6 adapting them to Ereceivea flush .1 0 all whom it may lconcerm 'ingat its op seats of the UNITED STATES Parana Omen FRED A. ROGER-8,0]? ATWOOD, KANSAS;

Enema-STARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March-2, 1909.

Application filed July 8, 1908. Serial No. 442,546, A

Be, it 'known that I, FRED A. Rocnns, .a citizen of the United States, residing at Atwood, in the county of Rawlins and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Inirovements in Engine-Starters", of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to engine starters, the invention being es ecially designed with reference to autoinobi es for the purpose of enabling the driver to start the engine while seated, on the machine and without the necessity Tot manipulating. the. other hand crank at the front-of the machine. I v

' With th abOYe and other ohjectsin view,

the nature of, which will more fully appear as the. description proceeds, thepinventio'n cons sts in thenove construction, combination' and arrangement of parts as. herein.-

after fully described, illustrated and. claimed.

. In the accompanying drawin :-Figure 1 ile showing 7 Fig. '2jis a chassis omitting theoho'od and showing. the, starter applied to the.

is a. sidelelevation at an, automo the invention, appl ed thereto. plan. view ofthe crankshaft of'theengine. F g. 3 is.an, en

larged detail plan view a of; the; crank arm and.

sleeve, showing also-.a= ortionfof the. crank shaft. F1 4" is -a 1 through. t e xsame, showing,v the ratchet sleeve and crank shaft-inleleva iQl i- '-l?;ig. 5 "is'a vertical cross sectionlthrou h'the-sairne.

The starting device isbest. i ustrated. in. detail in Figs. 3, 4, and 5- wherein it is seengto. ratchet sleeve l. Whichis keyed. fast onthe'crankshaft orenginej shaft; in. (licatedfat 2, d drical, and provided with'lengitndin'al; ribs; 01' teeth 3 preferably ratchet-shaped andg This sleeve is generally cyhnbest" illustratedin-Fig. 5. "At? opposite ends:

beted along seated crank sleeve 7 Whithgthushas albear shown in Fig.

' The crank sleeve 7 is provided. one side with a'rectangular openin 8 and. mounted, "openingis a se'-,

adjacent to one sideof sai ries of dogs 9, the same :bem fnlcrumedon a common fulcrumpin or. r03

from. the. crank I haft 2 ongitudin'a'l" section I L p r i stantially horizontal lane ositeends on therahbeted; caring collars as clearly 19 extending. along one side of the aperture} 8,, The. dogs;

are also provided with extensions" 11- adapted to come in contact simultaneously with a tripping bar 12 preferably arra'n ed over the I cated within, convenientaccess to the driver" or motorman while the-two arms 15-and17 of said leverare connectediby a transverse longitudinalportion 1:9.whic is. mounted n a suitable bearin 20;seeur ed'= to the. frame of the chassis ass own, in Figs. 1 and 2.

In order tor-start the car, the motorman or driver While seated-in their usual place onthe,

machine, rocks the operating lever andthere .byswings the arm-13 oithe' crank sleeve upward, theweight of the parts serving to re- ,turn them to their normal position in which the crank arm. 13 extends laterally. away and lies in a subunder the hoodof than. t e operator repeats the the engine.

I operat on. above deseribed a sufficientnum- .gbe'r; of times, the necessary compression oi the; explosive .mi rture isobtained in the c linder of theengine and the mo'torman y t en, operating,

in engagement with the teeth of.

the. sparking lever or other suitahle. part of; the-ignition apparatus to .cause-.;a sparkin', onoa f the cylinders will eflfect the-starting) of; the T eng ne all of which is 1 accomplished; without-the 'driverleavirighis seatJ r e Itwill; f-course, neunderstood that the operating; levermay hegeither handv or .foot

operatedfas. may -.be found; most 'expedient and thelstartingot the :deviee'ma ,be applied ito theen ineshait irrespective o gthetype of engine, t Latis to say? whether; the engine "shaft eXtends. .lon2jit-udinally or transversely ofrthe. chassis. I claim ;r

T 1. A'starting device of the class described 'comprising ,in. connection with an engine shaft for. motoredr ven vehicles,

Isleeve fast, on the engine shaft, .bearin collars fast oii said shaftatopposite ends 0 said sleevaa. crank-j sleeve em racingIthe ratchet its a ratchet 1 sleeve and ournaled on said collars, a crank arm exten ing radially off from said crank sleeve, one or more spring pressed dogs carried by the crank sleeve and engaging the ratchet sleeve; and an operating lever having an arm thereof connected, with the crank arm of said-crank sleeve, said operating lever being arranged within reach of the driver on his seat on the machine.

2. The combination with the engine shaft of a motor-driven vehicle, of a ratchet sleeve fast on said shaft, bearing collars arranged at i opposite ends of said sleeve and also fast on t e engine'shaft, a crank sleeve journaled at 5 its opposite ends on said collars and inclosing the ratchet sleeve, a plurality of dogs fulcrurned on'said crank sleeve and engaging the ratchet sleeve, a crank arm extending laterally away from said crank sleeve, an op erating lever having a jointed connection with said crank arm and arranged within reach of the driver in his seat on the machine, and means for simultaneously tripping all the dogs at a certain point in the throw of the crank arms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED A. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

S. F.. SNYDER, H. B. ROGERS. 

